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A village of 1,342 in Devon, South West.
Winkleigh has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is hazard risk (A): 0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Its weakest is cost of living (D): median sale £299,997, 7 years of area income; rent £789 a month.
Devon And Cornwall Police published 33 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
The 3 things Winkleigh does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Winkleigh is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Winkleigh’s built-up area, along with 2 scheduled monuments.
35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Winkleigh.
That puts Winkleigh above both Devon’s towns (24%) and England’s towns (18%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.9% of the town. The median resident of Winkleigh is 53 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Winkleigh | Devon | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 33% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.7% | 6.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 26% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Devon and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winkleigh Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 224 | B− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
On this, Winkleigh is above both Devon’s towns (104) and England’s towns (39). Winkleigh’s listed buildings include Church of All Saints, Grade I. Winkleigh has 49 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
In the comparison, Winkleigh comes above both Devon’s towns (64%) and England’s towns (61%). 9% of households live in social housing.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £337,500 | 48 |
| Semi-detached | £238,497 | 14 |
| Terraced | £195,000 | 15 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 30% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For Winkleigh, that is below both Devon’s towns (51%) and England’s towns (45%). At the census, 9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Winkleigh sits below both Devon’s towns (21.5) and England’s towns (22) on this measure. Police recorded 46 crimes inside Winkleigh’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 1 reports of anti-social behaviour. Burglary and damage come to 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
At the census, 7.2% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, above both Devon’s towns (5.9%) and England’s towns (5.2%). Winkleigh has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 5.1 miles away. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
| Census 2021 | Winkleigh | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.2% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 21% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winkleigh | 1,342 | — | — | D | A− | B |
| North Tawton | 1,785 | 4.5 | — | C+ | B− | C+ |
| Chulmleigh | 1,232 | 5.2 | — | C | B | B |
| Bow | 1,122 | 6.9 | — | B+ | A | A− |
| Okehampton | 9,108 | 8.3 | C− | B− | C | C+ |
| Morchard Bishop | 1,041 | 8.5 | — | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Copplestone | 1,475 | 9.2 | — | B | B+ | B |
| Great Torrington | 5,958 | 11 | D | C− | B− | C |
North Tawton, Chulmleigh, Bow, Morchard Bishop and Copplestone have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 15 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of All Saints. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Against all UK towns, it grades A−.
Village in Devon, England
Winkleigh is a built-up area of 1,342 people, in the Torridge council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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